Quote:Rajvik wrote:Oh, absolutely. I mean, I'll defend Scarlet Johannson's ability to act, but that can't save her from an odd script. I saw Lucy once in theaters, and while Johanson may have been dead on for what the director wanted in an increasingly detached, inhuman intelligence, it's impressive to see her go from acting incredibly well in the first ten minutes to nearly deadpan flat as a board the minute the "super switch" gets thrown. By the end of the film, I didn't exactly want my money back, but I doubt I'll ever watch the film again having seen all its party tricks once (for bonus points, most of those are in the trailer, making it look far more action packed than it was). But decrying something as on the level of Shamalamdingdong's Last Airbender based on the fact they cast one good actor that happens to be Not Asian is something that makes my eyes roll so hard they might dislocate. Especially since we don't have a giant neon warning sign like Shamalynkadinkajo attached to the picture yet.
I reserve judgement for a later date when I at least have a trailer for comparison.
tl;dr version: Johanson hasn't doomed this movie just because she's white, but we won't know if the movie hasn't doomed her performance until we actually get to see it.
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